Quote from: Luke490 on June 09, 2011, 06:59:17 PM

Quote from: bcpokey on June 09, 2011, 06:30:46 PM

Quote from: proverb on June 09, 2011, 04:53:26 PM

This is what i'm talking about... where is the definitive guide/FAQ/Wiki that breaks all this down.

I want a flash animation or something that puts it all into perspective..

I wish someone would make something available so i don't have to sift through the code myself and really get to the nitty gritty...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um63OQz3bjo

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/FAQ

https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Main_Page

How Cliche.

I'm sure proverb already visited every one of those pages.
Why don't you point him to the page that explains how many bytes are in a hash and how many hashes it takes to find a block.
What about how blocks are used when fractions of Bitcoins are made, used and tracked.
I can go on and on with loads of stuff not mentioned on those pages.

Cliche? Not sure you know what that word means. You ask for a faq and suggest that posting faqs isn't enough. You ask for more information and suggest a wiki is too much information. Sounds like you just want to complain.

As to what proverb has or has not done, well... in order: bytes in hash -because I don't think he actually cares? How many bytes in a block don't affect anyone except maybe if you are some crazy paranoid network engineer. If he wanted more information I gave him the wiki, e.g. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Protocol_specification#Hashes
Fractions of bitcoins - they are not "made", so that's an easy one. It's made clear that used/tracked transactions are verified by mining blocks and that's the whole point of bitcoin.
Loads of other stuff -- that's pretty helpful, I could go on about loads of stuff about loads of stuff. But I don't make posts about that.